Marchex Inc (MCHX) Quote

Pinched enough. I made profit it ran here. Good luck to anyone else

I'm just curious, did anyone else buy this one as a pincher play back in March like myself? It was a bit of a gamble, not sure how much this will run for as it's a gamble...

News: $MCHX Marchex to Present at Roth Technology & New Industrials Day

Marchex , Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX), a leading provider of call analytics that drive, measure, and convert callers into customers, announced today that members of the Marchex management team will attend the following conference: Roth Technology & New Industrials Day Date: Wednesday, Novem...

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News: $MCHX New Auto Dealership Study Reveals Active Listening Over the Phone Directly Increases Customer Visits and Sales

Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX ), a leading conversational analytics company that connects the voice of the customer to your business, today released a new report that analyzed 6,200 sales conversations during January from auto dealerships across the United States. The study identified key behavior...

In case you are interested https://marketwirenews.com/news-releases/new-auto-dealership-study-reveals-active-listening-over-the-pho-8429722.html

MCHX $3.15

MCHX $3.10 about to go bonkers

MCHX $3 to be history "DJ Edenbrook Capital Boosts Stake in Marchex Inc. to 8.4%"

Does anyone sees a cup and handle chart pattern there?

yes..this would be an investment

MCHX if holds $3 good long

Nice news!

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MCHX bearish 3.10

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http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224133/000108636413001316/marchex.inc..cl.b.txt

Amount beneficially owned:

1645556

Percent of class

5.86%

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
December 31, 2012

Hhmmm...only 4 followers here + insider buying...
just the kind of stock I LOVE!!!

I am starting to look hard at this chart. This is a killer scalp here imo.. I think up is more likely.. Nice chart imo.

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Seems the last month mchx has dropped nearly 50%. Surely bottom has been hit. .. mo.. nic

This is getting close, I will wait a few more weeks before I take a shot here, we shall see.

Thanks I'm gonna also look at what I was told and let you know. I can't get to it til this weekend.

ya, will get back to you with my 2 cets soon on mchx.

I'm gonna research this one this weekend. I heard a rumor of a possible buyout. Anybody hear that? TIA

Regulation FD Disclosure
Form 8-K for MARCHEX INC
13-Dec-2011

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On December 9, 2011, Marchex, Inc. ("Marchex") adopted an increase of 1 million shares to Marchex's previously announced stock repurchase program, to provide for the repurchase of up to an aggregate of 12 million shares (less shares previously repurchased) of Marchex's Class B common stock through open market and privately negotiated transactions, at such times and in such amounts as Marchex deems appropriate.

The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

http://biz.yahoo.com/e/111213/mchx8-k.html

Marchex Institute Study Indicates 15 Million Mobile Phones Have Placed Calls to Advertisers Through Marchex’s Digital Call ...
Date : 11/17/2011 @ 9:00AM
Source : Business Wire

Marchex Institute Study Indicates 15 Million Mobile Phones Have Placed Calls to Advertisers Through Marchex’s Digital Call ...
Today, Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) introduced the Marchex Institute, a newly formed research group that provides customers and the digital advertising industry with original insight, analysis and data on the growing digital call advertising market. In one of its initial studies, the Marchex Institute discovered that more than 15 million1, or five percent of the approximately 300 million mobile phones in use today in North America, have made a phone call to a business advertiser utilizing Marchex’s Digital Call Advertising platform.

The Marchex Institute is a team of senior analysts dedicated to leveraging the power and data from the growing digital call advertising industry to help customers, and publishing research and reports based on more than one billion minutes of anonymous call data. The team is led by John Busby, Vice President of the Marchex Institute. This team provides individual customers and the digital advertising industry with new insights and data to better understand the value of phone calls as part of digital marketing campaigns. The Marchex Institute both informs customers about digital call advertising strategies and delivers critical insights to advertisers’ call centers regarding ways to improve their management of inbound consumer phone calls.

“For many businesses, phone calls have always been an important source of new customers, and this data shows that consumers are making purchase decisions as a direct result of interacting with content or advertising on their mobile phones,” said John Busby, Vice President of the Marchex Institute. “Advertisers have been challenged to successfully reach mobile consumers, and we are providing our customers and the industry with original research to help them better understand how to effectively use these devices for one of the things they do best, drive phone calls.”

The Marchex Institute provides custom research to customers to showcase how effective phone calls can be in capturing new sales prospects. For example, a recent Marchex Institute study found phone calls to be highly effective in driving in-person sales appointments. The study indicates that Marchex has driven over 1 million2 in-person sales appointments so far in 2011, such as hiring a pest control specialist, ordering satellite or cable TV, or arranging a home security system.

“As a leader in this growing digital call advertising market, we saw an opportunity to create the Marchex Institute to help our customers, but also, we will provide thought leadership about the trends and opportunities to the broader industry,” said Pete Christothoulou, COO at Marchex. “We will now be able to utilize and leverage the abundance of raw call data from our broad Digital Call Marketplace to help our customers make more informed decisions about their digital call advertising strategy.”

About Marchex:

Marchex’s mission is to unlock local commerce globally by helping advertisers reach customers through the phone when they are ready to buy.

Our performance-based call advertising products, Marchex Call Connect and Marchex Call Analytics, are reinventing how businesses acquire and upsell new customers through phone calls. Our award-winning Small Business Solutions products empower businesses to efficiently monitor their online presence, communicate with their customers, and acquire new ones. Every day, our products support hundreds of thousands of advertisers and partners, ranging from global enterprises to local businesses.

For more information about Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX), please visit www.marchex.com

I suppose we'll see what 3rd quarter financials does for the share price. mo.. nic

Share price edging back up. $9.05 and climbing. mo.. nic

Marchex to Make Case for Call Advertising for Small Businesses at BIA Kelsey Small Business Summit
Press Release Source: Marchex On Monday September 19, 2011, 10:00 am EDT

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Marchex (NASDAQ:MCHX - News) announced that Scott Greenberg, Senior Vice President of Business Development for Marchex, will present at the BIA Kelsey sponsored “The Summit for Small Business Advertising Solutions,” held in Denver on Sept. 20 - 21, 2011. Greenberg will discuss how the small businesses market is becoming “call-centric” in its digital advertising approach, placing greater focus and budget on driving incoming phone calls than on online clicks.

Greenberg will participate on the afternoon panel discussion on Sept. 20, called “Lead Generation Models for SMBs.” At the panel, he will present third-party data to show how small businesses prefer phone calls as the outcome of their digital advertising campaigns. He will also highlight the conversion and ROI data for small businesses utilizing digital call advertising to obtain new customers and drive new revenue.

“Small businesses create personal connections with consumers to win and retain them as customers, and the best, most cost-effective way to do this is through phone calls,” said Scott Greenberg, SVP of Business Development at Marchex. “In today’s mobile world, small businesses have the opportunity to efficiently use their limited marketing resources to drive quality phone calls from mobile consumers when they are ready to make a purchase decision.”

Greenberg will also discuss data from the recently announced Forrester Consulting study, commissioned by Marchex. This study included interviews with 101 small businesses and found that phone calls were the most valuable outcome from marketing spends regardless of channel. Greenberg will discuss how this study applies to small businesses and how adoption of digital call advertising can provide a significant boost for all small businesses.

About Marchex:

Marchex’s mission is to unlock local commerce globally by helping advertisers reach customers through the phone when they are ready to buy.

Our performance-based call advertising products, Marchex Call Connect and Marchex Call Analytics, are reinventing how businesses acquire and upsell new customers through phone calls. Our award-winning Small Business Solutions products empower businesses to efficiently monitor their online presence, communicate with their customers, and acquire new ones. Every day, our products support hundreds of thousands of advertisers and partners, ranging from global enterprises to local businesses.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Marchex-to-Make-Case-for-Call-bw-1259756662.html?x=0&.v=1

Tough down day today as MCHX didn't trim losses when the market recovered. Maybe up day tomorrow. .. nic

Marchex to Present at the ThinkEquity Growth Conference
Press Release Source: Marchex, Inc. On Monday September 12, 2011, 9:15 am EDT

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX - News) announced that Russell Horowitz, CEO, will present at the following investor conference:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Marchex-to-Present-at-the-bw-1173162852.html?x=0&.v=1

Broke $10 today. Looks like this one may bottom soon. Waiting to add shares when MCHX begins an incline. .. nic

Marchex stood at $10.80 on August 9th, it's 52 week ending high. The price has held up pretty well considering the market. I'm thinking we'll begin an incline if the market levels out. .. nic

Not following the market today. Maybe consolidation, I would think. mo.. nic

S/P is following the general market. A retracement is normal after hitting the annual high. mo.. nic

MCHX on a roll. Looks like we hit the 52 week high.... $10.87. Watch out for tomorrow. mo.. nic

May be a pull back tomorrow. Might be a good time to add shares. mo.. nic

Top Performing Small Cap Stocks (RPTP, MCHX, BGMD, Wyatt Research Staff, On Monday August 8, 2011, 11:43 am EDT

A controversial credit downgrade of U.S. government long-term debt by Standard & Poor's late Friday has left global financial markets in tatters as stock investors struggle to find firm footing.

Large or small, stocks are expected to take it on the chin early this week as governments wrestle with resurrecting their beaten-down economies. The fact that gold has crossed the $1,700 mark for the first time and that Treasuries are on the rise show where investor sentiment could be headed.

That's not to say that there aren't plenty of bargain stocks out there, including many small caps. Biotech and tech shares in general were among the top gainers on Friday. Most of the upticks in share price continue to be driven by quarterly results.

On Friday, the best-known indicators of small-cap stock performance both declined. The Russell 2000 Index was off 1.67 percent, while the Standard & Poor's Small Cap 600 finished the day 0.97 percent lower. Last week, the Russell lost 10.3 percent of value, while the S&P Small Cap 600 fared slightly better falling 9.4 percent.

Of the best-known market indicators, only the Dow Jones Industrial Average was higher on Friday, up 0.54 percent, but was still down 5.8 percent for the week in its worst performance since October 2008. The Nasdaq Stock Market was off 0.94 percent for the day and is down 11.4 percent since July 22, when stock declines began to kick in. The S&P 500 closed down 0.06 percent on Friday and down 7.2 percent for the week.

The biggest percentage decliner on the Nasdaq Stock Market was Imperial Sugar (NasdaqGS:IPSU - News), closing down 59.3 percent at $9.44, after reporting a net loss in the second quarter. Chinese telecommunications and e-services provider Cogo Group (NasdaqGS:COGO - News) shed 38.5 percent to $2.88, on an analyst downgrade following release of firm second-quarter results but weak third-quarter guidance.

Friday's Top Performing Small Cap Stocks (Data provided by Google Finance)

Raptor Pharmaceutical (NasdaqCM:RPTP - News): Shares of the early-stage drug developer had fallen 33 percent during Thursday's market sell-off, then rebounded on Friday. Raptor recently reported positive Phase 3 results in a clinical trial of one of the drugs that it's working on.

Marchex (NasdaqGS:MCHX - News): The marketing company that designs advertising technologies to reach local consumers online reported second-quarter revenue rose 80 percent while net income was nil because of one-time compensation charges. The stock is up 85 percent in the past year.

BG Medicine (NasdaqGM:BGMD - News): Shares of this life sciences company, which develops diagnostic tests based on biomarkers for cardiovascular, autoimmune and other diseases, finished the week up nearly 9 percent.

Web.com Group (NasdaqGS:WWWW - News): The Internet services provider soared a second day (it was up almost 20 percent on Thursday) on a big second-quarter revenue jump and a deal that should help it compete better with the likes of GoDaddy.com and possibly double its revenue. Shares are up 160 percent in the past 12 months.

Rosetta Stone (NYSE:RST - News): The developer of language learning systems posted a second-quarter loss, but its international business investments contributed to a 10 percent rise in revenue.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Friday39s-Top-Performing-smallcapinvestor-2960272948.html?x=0&.v=1

MARCHEX INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly ReportEDGAR Online
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/110809/mchx10-q.html

Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Tuesday - Tale of the Tape
Date : 08/09/2011 @ 4:14AM
Source : Zacks

Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Tuesday - Tale of the Tape
Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

•BorgWarner Inc (BWA)
•Dell Inc (DELL)
•Dycom Industries (DY)
•Enerplus Corp (ERF)
•Marchex Inc (MCHX)
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Short Ideas: 20 Small Cap Stocks With Rising Receivables

MCHX is one of them.


http://seekingalpha.com/article/250815-short-ideas-20-small-cap-stocks-with-rising-receivables?source=yahoo

Is $5 a good entry point for MCHX?

Down again, too much debt.

Marchex Connect Named "Best Search Engine Marketing Technology Platform for SMBs" at Search Engine Strategies
Press Release
Source: Marchex, Inc.
On Thursday August 13, 2009, 4:15 pm EDT
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX - News), a leading local search and performance advertising company, today announced that its Marchex Connect product was named winner of the “Best Search Engine Marketing Technology Platform for SMBs (Small- to Medium-Size Businesses)” for the second consecutive year at the Search Engine Strategies Conference and Expo in San Jose, Calif.

Marchex Connect is a private-label marketing platform that supports performance advertising products for local businesses.

“We are committed to delivering innovative products and solutions to help our partners better serve local businesses, including helping them acquire potential customers through online and call-based advertising programs. This honor reinforces that we are successfully achieving those goals while establishing Marchex Connect as the leading local online advertising platform,” Brooks McMahon, Vice President and General Manager, Marchex Connect. “Over the next year, we will continue to build on and invest in our Marchex Connect platform to provide our reseller partners and local businesses with scalable advertising solutions that meet their growing needs.”

The Search Engine Watch (SEW) Award winners were selected by a panel of industry experts and the SEW Awards editorial staff. Winners were determined based on success in four key areas:


•Innovation in methodology and execution
•Achieving success goals
•Excellence in tactical execution
•Overall approach and category relevance

For more information on Marchex Connect, please visit www.marchex.com.

Marchex to Present at Search Engine Strategies Conference and Expo and at Local Search Summit
Press Release
Source: Marchex, Inc.
On Wednesday August 12, 2009, 12:15 pm EDT
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX - News), a leading local search and performance advertising company, today announced that members of its senior management team will present at the Search Engine Strategies Conference and Expo, and at the partner event, Local Search Summit, both in San Jose, Calif. on Thurs., Aug. 13.

Marchex panel sessions will include the following:


-- “What Kind of Online Products do SMBs Need?”
Local Search Summit – San Jose Marriott
Time: 11:05 – 11:45 p.m. Pacific Time
Panelist: Scott Finholm, Vice President of Product Management for Marchex Connect

-- “The New Search ROI: Measuring More than Conversion”
Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo – McEnery Convention Center
Time: 12:45 – 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Panelist: Leigh McMillan, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Marchex Call Analytics

-- “LBS and Mobile: What to Realistically Expect”
Local Search Summit – San Jose Marriott
Time: 2:15 – 2:50 p.m. Pacific Time
Panelist: Travis Fairchild, Marchex Vice President of Publishing


About Marchex

Marchex, Inc. (www.marchex.com) is a leading local search and performance advertising company. Marchex's innovative advertising platform delivers search- and call-based marketing products and services for local and national advertisers. Marchex's local search network, one of the largest online, helps consumers make better, more informed local decisions through its content-rich Web sites that reach tens of millions of unique visitors each month.

Marchex to Participate in the Canaccord Adams 29th Annual Global Growth Conference

Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX), a leading local search and performance advertising company, today announced that Russell C. Horowitz, Marchex Chairman and CEO, will present at the following investor conference:

Canaccord Adams 29th Annual Global Growth Conference

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009

Time: 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Boston, Mass.

Marchex Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
Press Release
Source: Marchex, Inc.
On Wednesday August 5, 2009, 4:30 pm EDT
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX - News), a leading local search and performance advertising company, today reported its results for the second quarter of 2009 ended June 30, 2009.

Second Quarter 2009 Consolidated Financial Results


•Revenue was $21.1 million for the second quarter of 2009, compared to $37.4 million for the same period of 2008.
•GAAP net loss applicable to common stockholders was $1.2 million for the second quarter of 2009 or $0.04 loss per diluted share. This compares to GAAP net income applicable to common stockholders of $509,000 or $0.01 per diluted share for the same period of 2008. The second quarter 2009 results included non-cash stock-based compensation expense recorded under the fair value method of $2.5 million, compared to non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $2.7 million for the same period in 2008.
•We provide a reconciliation of GAAP diluted EPS to Adjusted non-GAAP EPS in the financial tables attached to this press release and encourage investors to examine the reconciling adjustments between the GAAP and non-GAAP measures. Adjusted non-GAAP EPS for the second quarter of 2009 was $0.03, compared to $0.09 for the same period of 2008. Some Wall Street analysts use non-GAAP measures to analyze our operating results, which may include adjusted non-GAAP EPS, adjusted operating income before amortization and adjusted EBITDA. We present GAAP measures with equal or greater prominence than non-GAAP measures and such non-GAAP measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP measures.
•Adjusted operating income before amortization was $1.5 million for the second quarter of 2009, compared to $5.4 million for the same period of 2008. A reconciliation of non-GAAP adjusted operating income before amortization to GAAP operating income and GAAP net income is included in the financial tables attached to this release.
•Adjusted EBITDA was $3.1 million in the second quarter of 2009, compared to $8.0 million for the same period of 2008. A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to GAAP net cash provided by operating activities is included in the financial tables attached to this release.

“While we continued to confront a difficult economic environment during the second quarter, by focusing on our products, our customers’ needs and our cost structure, we continued to generate meaningful cash from our operations and win new customers,” said Russell C. Horowitz, Marchex Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We are reducing risks in our business and exercising financial discipline, while prudently investing in the areas key to our long-term growth. As a result, we believe Marchex is in a very good position to realize meaningful growth when the economy and advertiser budgets return to a more normalized state.”

Operating Highlights

Local Advertising Services: For the second quarter of 2009, revenue from Local Advertising Services was $14.6 million. Marchex ended the second quarter with more than 70,000 advertisers using its products and services. While it is more difficult to predict advertiser growth rates in the current economy, Marchex still expects to continue adding new advertisers in 2009.

Publishing (proprietary traffic sources): For the second quarter of 2009, revenue from Publishing was $6.5 million.

In addition, during the quarter, Marchex sold a small number of non-strategic domains that yielded approximately $900,000. There is still significant demand for high quality domains and Marchex believes that will remain the case in 2009 and beyond.

Non-Operating Highlights

During the second quarter of 2009, Marchex purchased 246,000 shares of its outstanding Class B common stock for a total price of $1 million, bringing its total shares repurchased under its stock repurchase program to 7.8 million shares, or 23% of its outstanding common stock.

Marchex Financial Guidance

“While there are some signs of stabilization in the economy, we continue to experience an uncertain economic environment that is impacting our near-term revenue outlook. Additionally, while we made significant progress in lowering our exposure to certain financially challenged customers, conversations with these customers are still ongoing. As a result, we believe it prudent to not issue guidance at this time,” said Horowitz. “Despite these factors, Marchex continues to generate cash every quarter and has no debt. We have the right strategy with the right products, and we are winning the high value advertising relationships that will enable us to fully capitalize on the local advertising opportunity and create long-term value.”

KEISTER JOHN sold 30,000 shares this week....

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Rick Aristotle Munarriz
July 30, 2009


I'm not seeing red this week. I'm only seeing purple.

Every week, I bash a company. I slam its valuation. I take a pile driver to its prospects. The crowd doesn't like it. I get booed for throwing a perfectly good publicly traded company to the mat. I guess that makes me the villain.

In the end, I'm not the evil masked grappler I get made out to be. I come right back, offering three stocks that should outperform the lightweight that I'm throwing around.

Who gets tossed out this week? Come on down, Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO).


What is Yahoo! without paid search? Display advertising is a laggard. It's always been hard to monetize free e-mail, photo-sharing, and news. This doesn't mean that Yahoo! is a total flunky. Areas like Flickr, Yahoo! Finance, and Yahoo! Answers remain at the head of their respective classes.

The rub here is that it just got schooled, and by Microsoft of all pupils!

Etc

Good news
As I do every week, I don't talk down a stock unless I have three alternatives that I believe will outperform the company getting tossed. Let's go over three new fill-ins.

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Marchex (Nasdaq: MCHX) -- Advertisers paying more for leads, as a result of Yahoo! shutting down its self-serve platform, will benefit the Web's other lead generators. Marchex is one of my favorites. The local search specialist runs vertical advertising networks, the OpenList local search directory, and even a service that turns online leads into higher-converting phone calls. It also has an enviable portfolio of roughly 200,000 domain names, allowing it to generate its own organic traffic (instead of overpaying, as everyone else will).

Let's get ready to rumble. And tumble.

Marchex Keeps Paying Dividend
By Zacks Equity Research
On Tuesday July 21, 2009, 10:30 am EDT
Companies:Akamai technologies inc.Google inc.Marchex, inc.

Most recently, the Board of Directors of Marchex Inc. (NasdaqGM: MCHX - News), a search and media company focused on vertical and local advertising, declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.02 per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable on August 17, 2009 to shareholders on record as of the close of business on May 4, 2009. The current dividend yield is 1.9%.



Despite lower-than-expected first quarter 2009 results, Marchex has impressed us by continuing to pay a dividend to return more value to its shareholders. Most of its peers such as Akamai Technologies (NasdaqGS: AKAM - News) and ValueClick Inc. (NasdaqGS: VCLK - News) have not paid dividends as they have been hurt by the current economic recession and reduced consumer spending.



Meanwhile, to increase shareholders wealth, Marchex’s Board of Directors increased its stock repurchase program. During the first quarter of 2009, Marchex increased its stock repurchase plan by 2 million shares to 9 million shares. Additionally, the company repurchased 1.6 million shares of its outstanding Class B common stock for $5.6 million, bringing the total shares repurchased under its stock repurchase program to 7.6 million, or 21% of its outstanding common stock.

We expect the company to continue with its share repurchase program, which will also help boost its bottom line in future quarters. Marchex generated $4.2 million cash from operating activities and ended the March quarter with $25.8 million in cash and zero long-term debt. It also expects to generate positive cash flow in every quarter of 2009.



A strong balance sheet, sustainable dividends and focus on reducing operating expenses facilitate the company’s efforts to weather economic volatility. Marchex is poised to benefit from the shift in demand to performance-based advertising as the company differentiates itself from other search providers focusing on local advertisers. The company continually improves its operating leverage through increased investment in new products.